Chocolate maker, inclusioncraft pioneer, flavor creator, believer in the beauty and need for small batch chocolate.

Mackenzie Rivers: founder of Map Chocolate Co., and the Next Batch School

Mackenzie Rivers, founder of Map Chocolate and The Next Batch School, has been a bean to bar maker since 2014, teaching the heart and craft of making chocolate since 2016. Mackenzie was the head cocoa roaster for Chocolate Alchemy for five years. Her guiding mission is to share her innovations, chocolate skills, techniques, and insights to help creative makers thrive in a big batch world.

  • Founder, Chocolate Maker’s Cacao Roasting Conference 2023

  • Original creator of oat milk white chocolate (credited by Gastro Obscura and chocolate historian Sophia Rea)

  • Creator of Inclusioncraft™ structure and concepts

  • Named in Top 50 Chocolate Makers in US by food writer and journalist Megan Giller, of Chocolate Noise

  • Chocolate featured in VegNews magazine centerfold for plant-based vegan white chocolate, 2019

  • Article and shout-out as the first maker of oat milk white chocolate, Cacao Magazine

  • Academy of Chocolate award winner

  • Maker of the Year 2017; named by Clay Gordon

  • Guest speaker, using chocolate in coffee drinks, Specialty Coffee Association BLOOM event 2018, Portland

  • Feature essay article, Dessert Professional magazine.

  • Included in the book Bean to Bar: America’s Craft Chocolate Revolution, by Megan Giller